After I'd got dressed in a pair of black skinny jeans, a plain red t-shirt and matching red pumps I stood in front of the floor length mirror to do my hair. I brushed out all the tangles and then pulled it all back in to a high ponytail. My phone started to ring then from my dresser so I quickly ran over to answer it. "Hello?"
"Hey beautiful." He purred.
"Hi Damon."
"Your voice sounds so sexy in the morning."
I rolled my eyes at his antics. "What do you want Damon?"
"Caroline ran in to Katherine." He stated.
"What! Is she alright?"
"Yeah she's fine she's here with us but you need to come over and we'll explain everything."
"Okay." I replied before hanging up.
"What was that?" I turned around to see Jeremy leaning against the door frame.
"Caroline ran in to Katherine and Damon wants me to go over and explain it." I explained as I walked past him.
"Great, we can take Jenna's car it's not like she'll be using it anytime soon." He said as he followed me. The ride to the boarding house was pretty quick and as soon as we stepped out of the car Damon had the front door open.
He smiled at me as I walked past him and he rolled his eyes at Jeremy. "Should have known you'd tag along."
"Dick." Jeremy muttered and I couldn't help but laugh. Damon glared at me as he shut the door and led us in to the parlour. Caroline was perched on the sofa with a cup of blood in her hand. Stefan stood in front of her arms crossed over his chest as he listened intently to what she had to say.
"I'm still a little shaky." She whispered as she took a sip.
"What happened? Are you alright?" I asked.
"Start from the beginning." Damon told her.
She took a deep breath and began. "I was at the grill, I just stopped by to gawk and stalk matt he asked me if I needed a table so I panicked and said I need to use the little girls room."
"Skip the teen drama." Damon pleaded.
I rolled my eyes at him while Caroline nodded. "So then I had to pretend to use the bathroom, even though I didn't need to go because I'm such a douche. She came out of the cubicle but I knew it wasn't Elena because she was at home and she didn't have that bracelet so I knew it wasn't you." She explained.
"What did she want?" I asked.
"She said she wants the moonstone or she'll rip this town apart until it rains blood."
"Tell them the best part." Damon urged.
"Tonight at the masquerade ball." She finished.
"She wants to do it in public, killing mason through her off guard." Stefan said.
"She's running scared what she did to Jenna was desperate, she's out of tricks." Damon concluded.
"We can't underestimate her we have to play this smarter than her." Jeremy said.
"What are we going to do?" I questioned.
"Can't we just give her the moonstone?" Caroline whined.
"Katherine's not getting dick." Damon spat. "Because I'll tell you what we're going to do we're going to go to the masquerade ball tonight and I'm going to kill her."
"You're not going to kill her." Stefan said sternly.
"Don't give me that goody goody crap." Damon snarled.
"You're not going to kill her, because I am." Stefan smiled.
A big Cheshire grin spread across Damon's face. "Great, go call Rick and Barbie call witchy." He ordered. Stefan and Caroline nodded before leaving the room. As soon as they left Damon turned to me and Jeremy. "So how's Jenna doing?"
"She's getting better, she's coming home today." I answered.
"Which means I'd better get going." Jeremy said as he looked at his watch. "Keep us posted on what's happening I'll be back later."
"Do you want to take the car?" I asked.
"Nah, I'll walk." He responded before he left.
"Take it your coming to the masquerade ball tonight then?" He asked.
"To see Katherine get staked wouldn't miss it for the world," I smiled.
There was a moment silence before he spoke again. "Do you wanna be my date?"
"What do I get out of it?" I asked as I stared up at him innocently.
"Me on your arm and the satisfaction of knowing all the girls there will jealous of you." He smirked.
"Can you pull off a suit?"
"Very well." He grinned.
"Okay pick me up at 7" I smiled. "and wear a black mask."
"Why?"
"Because my dress is black." I answered.
Damon took a step closer. "Is that so? My favourite colours black."
I hadn't realised how close we were standing until now. We were inches apart our mouths were so close I could feel his breath against my face. If I moved a fraction of an inch we'd be touching. His eyes travelled down to my lips and then back up to my eyes. I licked my lips in a silent invitation. Damon leaned down ever so slightly. "Hey I got everything you'll need." Alaric said causing us both to jump apart. Rick eyed us curiously but didn't say anything. He dumped a big duffel bag on the floor and started to pull out all different sorts of contraptions and placed them on the table.
"What's going on?" Bonnie asked as she appeared in the doorway hold her grimoires.
"We're going to kill Katherine." Jeremy stated as he walked in to the room and stood beside Alaric.
"I can explain." Stefan said.
"Please." Bonnie pleaded.
He shrugged. "We're going to kill Katherine."
I sat down on the sofa next to Caroline as Alaric explained how to use all the vampire weapons. "I don't know about this." Bonnie said. "It's too risky, too many people could get hurt."
"Katherine knows me; she knows I'm not going to try anything in a crowded place which gives us the perfect advantage." Stefan explained. "Yes I want Elena back but this isn't about that. What Katherine did to Jenna that crossed the line and she needs to be stopped before she hurts somebody else."
Bonnie sighed. "I could do a spell that would trap her." She reasoned. "Like the tomb spell."
"Great that way we could isolate her from the others."
"Okay, I'll help." She agreed reluctantly before sitting next to me on the sofa.
"Are you sure you don't want to come?" I asked Elena as she curled my hair for me.
"Yeah I'm just going to stay home with Rick and Jenna." She answered as she started to pin the back of my hair up leaving only two curls down framing my face. "I'm all done." She said after a few minutes. I stood up from the chair and walked over to the floor length mirror. I was wearing a one shoulder black dress that reached mid-thigh with a pair of 5 inch black strappy wedges.
I turned back around to Elena and gave her a twirl. "How do I look?"
"You look great." She smiled.
"I'd better go say goodbye to Rick and Jenna." I smiled as I grabbed my mask off the side and put it on as I exited the room and walked down the stairs. I walked straight in to the kitchen to where Rick was making dinner. "She's staying." I announced.
He smiled at me. "Good, I'm staying as well to make sure she doesn't leave the house."
"Be careful she's sneaky so watch her carefully." I warned. The doorbell went then so I waved goodbye to Rick and went through in to the living room. "I'll see you later Jenna." I smiled as I waved to her on the sofa.
"Okay have fun, don't stay out to late." She laughed as she played her legal guardian role. I opened the door to see Damon standing there dressed in a black suit with a matching black mask. He looked good. Scratch that he looked drop dead gorgeous. His mouth dropped open as he saw me and he stood there frozen to the spot gawking at me. I shut the door behind me and looked down to check my appearance. "Is something wrong?" I asked insecurely.
He snapped out of it then and shook his head furiously. "No you just look absolutely stunning and this is for you." He held out his right hand to show me a beautiful red rose.
"Thank you, it's beautiful." I whisper as I take it from his out stretched hand.
"Your chariot awaits, princess." He smirked as he gestured to his car that was parked behind him.
I sipped my glass of champagne as I watched all the people dancing. With their masks on you couldn't tell who was who. "Dani?" Tyler asked as he approached.
"Yep, that's me." I replied.
"It's hard to tell who's who in this place." He joked but I couldn't help but agree. "You look amazing by the way."
I smiled. "Thanks Ty, you look pretty good yourself but then again you always could pull off a suit."
"Any way fancy ditching the party and going somewhere quieter?" He asked as he held up a bottle of vodka.
"I would love too."
"But sadly she's here with me and I need a dance partner." Damon said as he came up beside me and wrapped a possessive arm around my waist.
"Sorry Ty, maybe some other time though."
"Yeah, sure." He replied as he smiled at me before walking away.
"There was no need to be rude." I scolded him when Tyler was out of earshot.
"Of course there was, the guy wanted to go get drunk with you, and I know what happens when you get drunk with a guy. You end up kissing them."
"You make it sound like the worst thing in the world." I smiled.
"When it's other guys yeah when it's me you can get trashed any day you want." He smirked.
I slapped his arm and he pretended to be hurt. "Ouch, why'd you do that?" He asked as he rubbed his arm.
"Because you're annoying me, I might just go find Ty." I turned to leave but he grabbed my arm and swung me back around so my chest was pressed against his.
"I would be deeply wounded if you ditched me right now." He said seriously. "And I wasn't kidding I really do need a dance partner." He didn't wait for my approval he just entwined our hands and dragged me outside to where people were dancing. Damon pulled me to the middle of the floor and placed his hands on my hips while I wrapped mine around his neck. I lifted my head to look up in to his eyes and he smiled down at me. I rested my head against his chest as we swayed to the music. "So who looks better in a suit me or Tyler?" He spat out Tyler's name and I couldn't help but chuckle. "And between you and me I'll be super pissed if you say Tyler."
"Defiantly you without a doubt." I replied truthfully.
"That's exactly what I wanted to hear." I didn't need to look up to know there was a giant smirk on his face. "So how did you and Lockwood get together because he acts like a douche?"
"I was a cheerleader, he was a football player and we were best friends and then we just kind of grew closer and he's not a douche."
"You haven't been here for the past year, trust me he's a douche he even tried to punch me once."
"With a good reason I'm sure." I smirked as I lifted my head to look up at him.
He rolled his eyes. "So why'd you break up with him?"
"My parent's died and I left and we all know long distance relationships never work out, so I ended it."
"I'm sorry…" He paused and I swear I saw a flash of pain but I couldn't be sure. "You clearly love him."
"I did love him when I was 16 but now we're just friends." Needing a change of subject I asked. "Do you see her yet?"
He lifted his head and looked around quickly. "Not sure but more than likely."
"Be careful." I warned.
"I will." He said softly as his ice blue orbs gazed in to my chocolate brown ones.
"Awwr how cute. Hello Damon, Danielle." Katherine purred.
"Katherine." Damon stated in a monotone voice.
"I'd ask you to dance but I already chose Stefan for that" She smirked as she gestured to Stefan who was standing awkwardly by her side.
"Why would I want you to dance when I can dance with Dani?" Damon smirked as he pulled me tighter against his chest protectively.
Katherine's smirk dropped and she glared daggers at me before smirking again. "How's Jenna? I didn't expect her to survive that, she's a lucky girl, how does one stab one's self?" I pulled out of Damon's grip and stepped towards Katherine but Damon grabbed both of my arms and held me back. "It has a temper, you really should keep her on a tighter leash."
"Enjoy your life while it last Katherine." I smirked before Damon dragged me away and back inside the Lockwood mansion.
"Are you okay?" He asked once we were away from listening ears.
"I'm fine." I snapped.
"I need to go, will you be alright?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine just make her suffer."
He smirked. "She won't know what hit her."
"Good." I replied as I walked away to go find Tyler. It didn't take me long before I heard voices coming from his father's study. I opened the door and they all froze thinking they'd been caught. But when they saw me Tyler pulled me in to a hug.
"You changed your mind huh?"
"Yep, I just couldn't stay away."
"Now, the party's really started." Matt laughed as he handed me the bottle of vodka. "Do you remember when we were 16 and you, me, Ty and Care had that after party after the football game?"
Me and Tyler burst out laughing just at the memory. "I ran in to a lamppost and you all though I had a concussion so you brought me to the hospital where my dad was working I might add."
"So to get out of trouble you pretended to be Elena." Tyler added.
"But then Elena called and said she was stopping at Bonnie's so I got in a shit load of trouble for drinking and then lying." I finished.
"That was such a funny night." Matt laughed.
"For you, I was grounded for a month."
"But it was worth it." Tyler smirked.
I nodded as I took a sip of vodka and handed it back to matt. "Well I need the toilet so I'll see you guys later." I walked out of the room shutting the door behind me and made my way upstairs. I walked down the corridor not really knowing where I was going. I screamed as a stabbing pain came from my stomach and when I pulled my hand away to look at it it was covered in blood. I screamed again as my shoulder was tore open but it was muffled when someone covered my mouth with their hand. Someone's hand wrapped around my waist and started to drag me backwards. I tried to struggle against them but the pain was limiting my movements.
"Katherine." The guy holding me said. I opened my eyes to see Katherine smirking at me with Stefan and Damon beside her.
"Dani." Damon shouted as he ran forward and tried to run to my side but the invisible barrier around the room made him stop.
Noticing Katherine's distraction Stefan staked her in the back. She winced as I screamed out in pain. Stefan stepped back then in confusion as he looked at me. Katherine smirked and beckoned her hand forward. The man holding me pushed me in to the room and of it wasn't for Damon I would have fell face down on the floor. He lifted me up and placed me down on the sofa. "STOP!" Jeremy shouted. "Whatever you're doing to her it's hurting Elena." He looked over at me and added. "And Dani."
"Jeremy take Danielle." Damon said as he went to lift me but Katherine's cold voice stopped him.
"If you even try it I'll snap her neck." She warned.
"Go check on Elena." Stefan told Jeremy. Jeremy looked at me as though he was debating whether or not to help me.
"Go." I told him sternly. He nodded before he took of down the stairs again. Damon's hand went to my stomach and I whimpered at the pain. "It hurts." I winced.
"You're not the only ones that have a witch and something tells me mines better." Katherine laughed. Katherine smiled evilly. "Let's see how they like this." She picked up the stake and scraped it across her palm. I screamed again as the cut appeared on my hand. Stefan blurred forward and knocked the stake from her grip. "So how about that moonstone?" She asked.
But Damon ignored her, all his attention was on me. There was pain in his eyes and worry. "Do you trust me?" He asked softly. I nodded not trusting my own voice. Then his face changed. The whites in his eyes turned blood red and veins protruded underneath them. He opened his mouth to show me two elongated canines and then he bit in to his wrist and then he pushed it against my mouth. I struggled under his grip as the coppery taste entered my mouth. He pulled away after a moment and I turned on my side to cough and gag. He brushed the hair out of my face and once I'd finished coughing I sat up straight again.
"The 3 of us together again just like old times, the brother that loved me too much and the one that didn't love me enough." Katherine smirked.
"And the evil slut vampire who only loved herself."
Katherine glared at him. "What happened to you Damon, you used to be so sweet and polite."
"Oh that Damon died a long time ago." Damon answered.
"Good, he was a bore." Katherine said bluntly.
"Why don't you two stop antagonising each other?" Stefan suggested.
Katherine rolled her eyes and turned her attention to Stefan. "Where's the moonstone?"
"What do you want with it?" He retorted.
"Does it bother you that Damon loves your girlfriend?" I watched as Damon frowned and Katherine must have saw it too because she said. "Or have you turned your attention to her sister?" Damon stayed silent.
"That's really desperate Katherine." Stefan stated. "So stop." He warned.
"Or what you'll hurt me?" She smirked. "Everything I feel they feel. So go ahead, or better yet kiss me Damon, they'll feel that too. They both will." She added as she smirked at me.
"This whole mason thing has me a bit confused." Stefan said successfully changing the subject. "Why a werewolf? The moonstone will help them break a curse that could destroy all vampires. So what's in that for you?"
"Sorry about your pet wolf should have kept him on a tighter leash." Damon smirked.
"I'll have to remember that fro next time; he's not the only wolf in town." She retorted.
"Tyler." I blurted.
"That's right your ex, looks like you have some competition Damon."
"You bargained the moonstone." Stefan stated randomly. "When you told me about your deal with George Lockwood you said you gave him something, it was the moonstone wasn't it?"
"Good for you Stefan 2+2" She joked. "And it would have worked except people found out I weren't really dead." She turned to Damon. "Thanks to you by the way. Have I mentioned how inconvenient your obsession with me has been?"
"You and me both honey." Damon replied.
"Why do you need it back?" Stefan questioned.
"I love you in a suit, so dashing." She smiled sexily at him.
"What were you doing with it?"
"You're wasting your breath Stefan." I told him.
"Unless it wasn't yours to begin with. In 1864 you faked your death, who were you running from?"
"In 1987 you were in Chicago at a concert of all places with lexi, come on Stefan don't look so surprised I checked in on you over the years. You were in the front row dancing all night watching Bon Jovi and I was watching you." Damon looked away and turned his attention back to me.
"Who were you running from?" Stefan repeated. But she didn't answer just mouthed 'I love you'.
Damon went over to the side table and poured himself a glass of scotch. "I'll have one of those." Katherine said.
"Right away miss Katherine." He mocked and I couldn't help but giggle earning myself a glare from Katherine. He took the glass from him and went to walk away but Damon's arm flew out knocked the glass from her hand and pressed her up against the wall. He had a stake raised above his head ready to strike.
"Damon don't!" I screamed as jumped to my feet but luckily Stefan was faster than me he grabbed hold off the stake to stop Damon from doing anything.
"Go on Damon do it, kill me." Katherine smirked. "You'll kill Elena and turn Danielle. She'll hate you for eternity and so will Stefan."
Damon's eyes drifted to mine and then snapped back to Katherine. "As soon as the spells lifted I'm going to drive this stake right through your heart." He threatened.
"God, when did you become so hot?" She asked as she trailed her nails down his chest. He jumped back then as if he'd been burnt and dropped the stake.
"Katherine." We all turned to see a mocha coloured women standing in the doorway holding the moonstone. I gasped knowing she was going to give it to Katherine and then Damon moved in front of me shielding me from the witch protectively. "The spell in this room has been broken you're free to go." She said as she stepped over the threshold and in to the room.
"Thank god." Katherine muttered as she moved closer to the witch.
"When I hand this over my debt to you is over, I owe you nothing."
"Done now give it." Katherine said impatiently.
"Don't do that." I pleaded. She ignored me and handed the moonstone over to Katherine but as soon as Katherine's fingers wrapped around it she gasped. She tried desperately to breath but no air would go in to her lungs.
"You should have told me another witch was involved." The witch said. "She's a bennet witch but I'm sure you knew that Katherine." Katherine dropped to the ground and went quiet as her eyes closed. "Elena's fine she's with Bonnie the spells broken so she'll heal quickly. I apologise for my involvement." She replied before exiting the room.
"I'm going to go find Elena and see if she's alright, will you be okay here?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah we'll be fine you go." Damon answered.
As soon as Stefan was gone I turned to Damon who was looking at Katherine with an unreadable expression. "What are you going to do with her?" I asked.
"Well she's not dead and death would be to kind so I'm going to put her in the tomb, the place she was supposed to be all along."
"Thank you." I whispered as I stepped closer to him. "For saving me… again." I laughed.
"You're someone worth saving." He replied as he gazed down at me. I reached up on my tip toes, kissed his cheek softly and wrapped my arms around you. I returned the hug and rested his head on my neck. "Why do you do that?" He asked softly.
"Do what?" I replied.
"Be nice to me."
I pulled back and smirked at him. "Would you rather I hate you and be a complete bitch to you?"
"It would be easier."
"For who?" I questioned.
"For you and for me. You deserve someone better than me and I can't stand any more heart break." I placed my hands on each of his cheeks and brought his mouth down to meet mine. He froze at first but then he responded and his hands went down to my hips and pulled my body flush against his. I moved my hands and tangled them in to his hair to pull him closer to me. Our tongues battled for dominance and when I finally pulled back we were both breathing heavily.
"Then I won't break your heart." I whispered before walking out of the room to go and find Elena. I ran in to Stefan just as I exited the Lockwood mansion. "Oh hey, do you know where Elena is?" I asked.
"She's waiting in the car for you." He answered.
"Okay thanks Stefan." I said as I made my way towards the car park. It didn't take me long to find Elena's car but as I reached the passenger side she wasn't there and the car was locked. I sighed as i turned around to head back towards the mansion. But I froze as I saw the jester that had been welcoming people in to the house standing there staring at me. A feeling of uneasiness settled in the pit of my stomach as he took a menacing step towards me. I took a step back. "Who are you?" I asked confidently masking the fear I felt. He pulled some keys out of his pocket and pressed a button on them. The lights flashed on the car and it unlocked. My gaze snapped to the car, he had Elena's keys. Where was Elena? I turned my head back around and went to scream at his closeness but a cloth was pressed against my mouth and nose and when I breathed in some chemical entered my lungs. My body stated to go limp and I couldn't fight anymore. My eyes slowly drifted shut and darkness took over.
There we go chapter 7 I'm actually really glad at how this chapter turned out and it's the longest i've ever written so if you would be so kind as to review and let me know I would be very grateful. Thank you to brown eyed girls, marina164509, peygoodwin and ciranoellefor reviewing you guys are great.
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